Integrated Gas Deflector Guide Unit for Enhanced Dust Removal

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Solution Overview

Problem

Conventional gas deflectors have complex components, which slow down gas sucking speed and decrease dust removal and cleaning efficiency, and they face issues with component durability and fabrication complexity.

Innovation Solution

A gas deflector design featuring a hollow rectangle body with simplified components, a guide unit with a support plate, conduct assembly, collection assembly, and spray orifice, which enhances gas guiding and spraying while reducing component complexity and improving structural strength.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Ease of operation

If a conventional gas deflector uses a guide unit with multiple components (spraying space, gas conducting element, guide assembly, laminated sheet), then the gas guiding and spraying function is achieved, but the device complexity increases and fabrication becomes troublesome

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvegas guiding and spraying functionVSAvoidcomponent complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of operationVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent merges the guide unit into an integrated structure where the guide body directly forms the gas guiding and spraying functions. The guide body includes a guiding cavity and spray holes, eliminating the need for separate spraying spaces, gas conducting elements, and laminated sheets. This integration reduces component count while maintaining the gas deflection and spraying capabilities.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #5Merging (Combining)

2Ease of operation

If the conventional gas deflector uses a laminated sheet with multiple through orifices for gas distribution, then the gas spraying function is achieved, but the fabrication becomes troublesome and the structure is weakened

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvegas spraying functionVSAvoidfabrication complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of operationVSEase of manufacture

Solution Approach 1:

The patent replaces the laminated sheet with through orifices with an integrated guide body structure. The guiding cavity and spray holes are formed as part of the guide body itself, eliminating the need for separate laminated sheets and their associated through orifices. This integration simplifies fabrication while maintaining gas distribution functionality.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #5Merging (Combining)

3Productivity

If the conventional gas deflector increases horizontal length to handle larger applications, then the processing capacity is improved, but the laminated sheet deforms after connection and service life is reduced

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveprocessing capacityVSAvoidservice life
Core Design Contradiction:
ProductivityVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

The patent creates an integrated guide body structure that eliminates the laminated sheet connection issue entirely. The guiding cavity and spray holes are formed within the solid guide body, which can be manufactured as a single piece or robust assembled structure. This eliminates the deformation problem associated with connecting laminated sheets in large-scale applications, thereby improving reliability and service life while maintaining processing capacity.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #5Merging (Combining)

4Ease of operation

If the conventional gas deflector uses multiple separate components (body, guide unit, spraying space, guide assembly), then the gas flow path is defined, but the structure becomes complicated and gas sucking speed decreases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvegas flow path definitionVSAvoidgas sucking speed
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of operationVSSpeed

Solution Approach 1:

The patent integrates the guide unit into the body structure, with the guiding cavity formed within the guide body. This integration reduces the number of separate components and connection interfaces, thereby reducing flow resistance and improving gas sucking speed while still defining the necessary gas flow paths for effective dust removal.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #5Merging (Combining)

Applied Scientific Principles

This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.

Function Achieved in This Case

The design simplifies components, reinforces the structure, and enhances gas guiding and spraying efficiency, leading to improved dust removal and extended service life, even when the gas deflector is lengthened.

Implementation Method 1

the gas is pumped in a vertical direction from an inlet of the body, and the gas impacts a gas conducting element and sprays out of a spout in the vertical direction

Methodology Applied
Scientific EffectFluid flow:

Data Source

PatentUS12311298B2Gas deflector
Publication Date: 2025.05.27 CHANG WEI PING
  • US12311298B2 patent drawing
  • US12311298B2 patent drawing
  • US12311298B2 patent drawing

AI summary

A gas deflector contains: a body and a guide unit. The body includes at least one inflow orifice, at least one outflow orifice, and multiple suction orifices. The guide unit includes a support plate, a through orifice, a conduct assembly, a collection assembly including a collecting channel, and a spray orifice. The conduct assembly includes two guiders, a drain orifice extending along the conduct assembly and corresponding to the through orifice and the collecting channel. The collection assembly corresponds to the drain orifice, and the collection assembly includes at least one collector sheet fixed on a bottom of the conduct assembly, and at least one gas conducting element received in the collecting channel. Furthermore, an exhaust channel is defined among the body, the collection assembly and the support plate, and the exhaust channel is in communication with at least one suction orifice of the multiple suction orifices.